Krokom Municipality

Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden

Krokom Municipality

Krokoms kommun

Municipality

Krokom town hall

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 63°19′N 14°30′E﻿ / ﻿63.317°N 14.500°E﻿ / 63.317; 14.500
Country| Sweden
County| Jämtland County
Seat| Krokom
Area

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• Total| 6,812.75 km2 (2,630.42 sq mi)
• Land| 6,155.18 km2 (2,376.53 sq mi)
• Water| 657.57 km2 (253.89 sq mi)
| Area as of 1 January 2014.
Population

(31 December 2023)[2]

• Total| 15,595
• Density| 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code| SE
Province| Jämtland
Municipal code| 2309
Website| www.krokom.se

Krokom Municipality (Swedish: Krokoms kommun, Southern Sami: Krokomen tjïelte) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom.

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalgamated. The number of original local government entities in the area is nine, and amalgamations had also taken place in 1952 and 1969.

## Localities[edit]

There are eleven localities (or urban areas) in Krokom Municipality:[3]

# | Locality | Population

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1 | Krokom | 2,087
2 | Ås | 1,097
3 | Nälden | 881
4 | Föllinge | 509
5 | Dvärsätt | 437
5 | Östersund (part of) | 437
7 | Änge | 387
8 | Aspås | 352
9 | Trångsviken | 269
10 | Vaplan | 259
11 | Ytterån | 203

The municipal seat is shown in bold

View from Hällberget in Offerdal.

### Villages[edit]

* Flykälen
* Kaxås
* Rönnöfors

## Demographics[edit]

This is a demographic table based on Krokom Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.[4]

In total there were 11,366 Swedish citizens of voting age resident in the municipality.[4] 54.0% voted for the left coalition and 44.8% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income.

Location  | Residents | Citizen
adults | Left vote | Right vote | Employed | Swedish
parents | Foreign
heritage | Income
SEK | Degree

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Alsenbygden  | 1,221  | 935  | 53.0  | 45.7  | 86  | 93  | 7  | 24,115  | 30
Aspås  | 1,066  | 798  | 45.3  | 54.1  | 93  | 97  | 3  | 28,778  | 38
Dvärsätt  | 1,388  | 1,004  | 52.6  | 46.7  | 88  | 96  | 4  | 29,239  | 41
Föllinge-Laxsjö  | 1,543  | 1,245  | 50.7  | 47.5  | 81  | 90  | 10  | 21,164  | 22
Krokom  | 1,973  | 1,487  | 55.7  | 43.0  | 77  | 83  | 17  | 22,033  | 27
Nälden  | 1,818  | 1,255  | 51.0  | 47.9  | 86  | 87  | 13  | 25,664  | 35
Offerdalsbygden  | 2,010  | 1,574  | 52.5  | 46.6  | 87  | 92  | 8  | 23,444  | 28
Rödöbygden  | 748  | 590  | 57.1  | 42.0  | 92  | 96  | 4  | 30,554  | 54
Ås Norra  | 2,054  | 1,590  | 62.0  | 36.9  | 88  | 93  | 7  | 30,718  | 60
Ås Södra  | 1,528  | 888  | 58.6  | 40.9  | 93  | 93  | 7  | 32,996  | 61
Source: SVT[4]

## Sports[edit]

The following sports clubs are located in Krokom Municipality:

* Alsens IF
* Ås IF

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Statistiska centralbyrån, Kommunarealer den 1 januari 2014" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
2. ^ "Folkmängd och befolkningsförändringar - Kvartal 4, 2023" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
3. ^ Statistics Sweden as of December 31, 2005
4. ^ a b c "Valresultat 2022 för Krokom i riksdagsvalet" (in Swedish). SVT. 11 September 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Krokom Municipality.

* Krokom Municipality \- Official site (in Swedish)

Places adjacent to Krokom Municipality

|  Lierne | Strömsund |

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Municipalities|

* Åre
* Berg
* Bräcke
* Härjedalen
* Krokom
* Östersund
* Ragunda
* Strömsund

Municipal seats|

* Bräcke
* Hammarstrand
* Järpen
* Krokom
* Östersund
* Strömsund
* Sveg
* Svenstavik

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Localities in Krokom Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden

Localities|

* Änge
* Ås
* Aspås
* Dvärsätt
* Föllinge
* Krokom (seat)
* Nälden
* Östersund (part of)
* Trångsviken
* Vaplan
* Ytterån

Authority control databases

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